News tagged with algae
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Learning to live on land: How some early plants overcame an evolutionary hurdle
Diversity of life would be impossible if the ancestors of modern plants had stayed in the water with their green algal cousins. Moving onto dry land required major changes to adapt to this new "hostile" environment, ...
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Researchers use nanobiotechnology-manipulated light particles to accelerate algae growth
Scientists and engineers seek to meet three goals in the production of biofuels from non-edible sources such as microalgae: efficiency, economical production and ecological sustainability. Syracuse University's Radhakrishna ...
Aug 24, 2010 |
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How corals fight back
Australian researchers are a step closer to understanding the rapid decline of our coral reefs, thanks to a breakthrough study linking coral immunity with its susceptibility to bleaching and disease.
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Industrial production of biodiesel feasible within 15 years
Within 10 to 15 years, it will be technically possible to produce sustainable and economically viable biodiesel from micro-algae on a large scale. Technological innovations during this period should extend the scale of production ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 13, 2010 |
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How algae 'enslavement' threatens freshwater bodies
How toxic, blue-green algae out-compete other organisms through a form of selfish "enslavement" -- and by so doing proliferate dangerously in freshwater bodies -- has been described by a researcher at the Hebrew University ...
Aug 12, 2010 |
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New study reveals decline of marine phytoplankton over the past century
A new article published in the July 29 issue of the international journal Nature reveals for the first time that microscopic marine algae known as "phytoplankton" have been declining globally over the 20th century.
Jul 28, 2010 |
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German power plant testing CO2-scrubbing algae
Swedish energy group Vattenfall said it had launched a major pilot project Thursday using algae to absorb greenhouse gas emissions from a coal-fired power plant in eastern Germany.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Scientists aim to predict toxic algal blooms in California's coastal waters
(PhysOrg.com) -- After years of studying and monitoring harmful algal blooms in California's coastal waters, Raphael Kudela is trying to predict when toxin-producing algae will strike again. A professor of ...
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Warmer climate entails increased release of carbon dioxide by inland lakes
Much organically bound carbon is deposited on inland lake bottoms. A portion remains in the sediment, sometimes for thousands of years, while the rest is largely broken down to carbon dioxide and methane, which are released ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Origins of multicellularity: All in the family
One of the most pivotal steps in evolution-the transition from unicellular to multicellular organisms-may not have required as much retooling as commonly believed, found a globe-spanning collaboration of scientists ...
Jul 08, 2010 |
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Scientists establish link between brain activity and Parkinson's disease symptoms
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) and Stanford University have shown how key circuits in the brain control movement. The research, published in the journal Nature not only establishes the fu ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Using ultrasound to control toxic algal blooms
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Adelaide researchers are investigating the use of ultrasound as an environmentally friendly and cheaper alternative to controlling blue-green algae in our fresh water supplies.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Ohio lake's algae dangerous to swimmers, economy
(AP) -- Patches of green and turquoise slime floated like thick paint in the channel behind Kyle Biesel's home. His pontoon boat sat covered up, unused for weeks, on a wooden lift stained by the algae.
Jul 02, 2010 |
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Confronting toxic blue-green algae in Madison lakes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harmful algal blooms, once considered mainly a problem in salt water, have been appearing with increasing severity in the Madison lakes, and a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Coccolithophore growth and calcification -- a possible role for iron
Lack of sufficient iron may be a significant factor in controlling massive blooms of Emiliania huxleyi, a globally important species of marine algae or phytoplankton, according to research led by researchers at the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2010 |
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